On Friday, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan stated the Marcos government aimed to reduce poverty to below 10 percent. Following the Philippine Statistics Authority’s announcement of …
NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan announced that the decision to remove the price ceiling on commonly purchased rice varieties will be made shortly. He mentioned that the government is closely monitoring …
NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan has stated that he will personally recommend to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. the banning of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) from the country. This recommendation is …
The chief of Socioeconomic Planning and Finance defended the historic Rice Tariffication Law enacted during the Duterte administration, despite presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s intention to modify it. Karl Kendrick …
According to National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Karl Kendrick Chua, the campaign promise of leading presidential contender Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to reduce retail rice prices to P20 to P30 …
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) stated Friday that reopening schools for in-person classes might earn up to P12 billion per week and enhance the country’s employment rate. In …
The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) believes that the economic impact of undergoing Alert Level 3 in Metro Manila and other areas will not be as severe. According to NEDA …
It is possible that in the latter part of 2022 or until 2023, the country’s economy will return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. This was the National Economic and Development Authority …
With 37.2 million Filipinos taking the initial step towards registering for the Philippine Identification System or PhilSys, the government is on track to reaching its 50-70 million target registrations by …
The National Economic and Development Authority insisted Thursday that the recommended increase in pork import would not “kill” the hog industry in the Philippines. According to acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary …
The chief of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said Tuesday that it was unlikely that the reopening of the economy caused the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the …
The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has recommended that the entire country could be placed under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) to rebuild the economy caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19). …
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Friday the government eyes lifting all community quarantines by the third quarter of 2021. She responded to the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Director-General …
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) explained Friday that the spike in inflation rate in November was due to recent devastating typhoons and transport restrictions due to quarantines. The …
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said Thursday the Philippines would likely remain under community quarantine until the end of 2021. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said …
World Bank and the National Economic and Development Authority’s (NEDA) joint study revealed that Filipinos are paying one of the most costly but slowest internet connections in the world. The …
Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Karl Kendrick Chua said Tuesday the Philippine economy is starting to “U-turn” amid the continuous increase of COVID-19 …
President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Finance Undersecretary Karl Chua as acting Secretary of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) after Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia resigned, Friday. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea …
Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia on Thursday said it would be difficult for the Philippine economy to sustain another lockdown extension. “Mahirap na siguro. Marami na nagsabi na kailangan may partial …
National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Ernesto Pernia said he is in favor of 50 percent or calibrated opening of shopping malls as there are only 14 days before the …
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia on Tuesday said he create and propose a Luzon modified lockdown as the government said it is inclined to extend the lockdown until April 30. …
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is conducting online surveys over the weekend to develop new policies and define the “new normal” after the pandemic crisis ends. “The Inter-Agency …
This week, we reported how the government’s socioeconomic planning agency announced that the Philippines could become an ‘upper-middle class’ country by the end of next year. Here, Dwayne Krasko explains why he …